Real Estate Agents are licensed professionals who assist their customers with buying and selling their homes. In Canada, houses are generally bought and sold using the services of a realtor and their agents, salespeople who specialize in home buying and home selling. When someone is selling their home, or is looking to purchase a home, they seek the help of a good real estate agent to guide them through the process.
Are you a good listener?
One of the assets of a good real estate agent is the ability to listen and understand what it is their customers are looking for in a new home. Usually a good agent will ask a lot of questions of a new customer and find out what criteria are the most important to them.
For example, a young married couple with small children would probably want to see homes that are located in good school districts, while a senior couple would have no interest in that at all. A home with 3 bedrooms would be no use to a family of 7, and a good real estate agent would know better than to waste their customer's time showing them such a house.
How well do you know your town?
Real estate agents need to be experts in their particular area of the province or town where they work, and will inherently know things about 'their' town that a new arrival would not. Traffic situations, crime, dropping (or rising) property values, local amenities, nightlife and much more will be something that a good realtor knows and can use to help their customers.
Do you know where the good communities are?
A good realtor will also have insight about particular houses in their area that might not ever be told to a potential buyer. If, for example, a house has been on the market for a long time and the owner is desperate to sell the agent can pass this information along to their customer, helping them greatly, when it comes time to put in a 'bid' for the house. An agent would know if a particular community was built by a reputable builder who made great homes or, conversely, if the homes were poorly made and best to stay away from.
How big is your phonebook?
Most realtors also have a lot of contacts in town that can help with all of the necessary tasks that go along with buying a new home, including home inspectors, the local building authority, and so forth. In general a good agent has an in-depth knowledge of their area and the people who live and work there, which can be invaluable to a buyer who is new to the area.
A little bit of time, energy and money is all it takes.
Becoming a real estate agent doesn't require many years of study or tens of thousands of dollars either. Most real estate courses are from 12 to 24 months. Upon passing, the student can apply for a license and begin working almost immediately. Of course, as explained above, it helps to have a thorough knowledge of the town or city where the new agent will work.
Finding an Agency.
Once licensed a new Agent would then apply for work at a local Agency and be given 'leads' to home in the area that were being sold. Real estate agents, especially newer ones who don't have a long track record, usually work longer hours and can be called upon to work evenings, early mornings and weekends too, even Sundays. This is because when someone needs a new home it isn't always easy to show them a home between 9 and 5.
In conclusion, if you're a friendly, outgoing person who likes helping people, doesn't mind working strange hours, have a significant other with lots of patience, and have a knack for persuasion, a career as a real estate agent may be your calling.
If you're interested in selling your house, and need some other ideas for how to sell you property fast and for more money, give Christianne Child a call. She's not a top sales representative and award winning Guelph realtor purely out of luck. Christianne may be the right one to talk to if you are looking to sell your Guelph real estate property. Everybody who knows Christianne knows that her professional focus has always centered around Customer Service Excellence. Her clients love her, and she loves her clients. Give her a call and get to know her. You'll be pleasantly surprised.
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